Edward Russell

Edward Russell (1653-26 November 1727) was an Admiral of Great Britain.

Biography
Russell joined the navy by 1672, fighting in the Third Anglo-Dutch War. From 1676 to 1682 he fought the Barbary States but in 1683 he was stripped of title after having been connected to a plot against King James II of Britain. He invited the invasion of William of Orange in 1688, and defeated the French at Barfleur and La Hogue in 1692 during the War of the Grand Alliance.

He later joined politics and became First Lord of the Admiralty.